425 DX News #970

<P> <TABLE border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD noWrap width=80> </TD> <TD vAlign=top width=500> <TABLE border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top width="50%"> <TABLE width="100%" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD align=left><A href="http://www.425dxn.org/425/425-n969.html"> <IMG height=43 alt="Previous bulletin" src="https://img1.daumcdn.net/relay/cafe/original/?fname=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.425dxn.org%2F425%2Fprev.gif" width=40 border=no></A> <BR><A href="http://www.425dxn.org/"> <IMG height=43 alt="425DXNews Home Page" src="https://img1.daumcdn.net/relay/cafe/original/?fname=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.425dxn.org%2F425%2Fhome.gif" width=42 align=bottom border=no></A></TD> <TD vAlign=top align=middle> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align=center><STRONG><FONT color=#ff0000 size=7>425 DX News #970<BR></FONT><FONT color=#ff8040 size=4>5 December 2009 </FONT></STRONG> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align=center><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>A.R.I. Dx Bulletin</FONT><FONT color=#ff0000 size=7><BR><FONT color=#0000ff size=3>Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH<BR></FONT></FONT></STRONG></P></TD> <TD align=right><A href="http://www.425dxn.org/425/425-n970.html"> <IMG height=43 alt="Next bulletin" src="https://img1.daumcdn.net/relay/cafe/original/?fname=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.425dxn.org%2F425%2Fnext.gif" width=42 border=no></A> <BR><A href="http://www.425dxn.org/425/indbulle.html"> <IMG height=32 alt="Bulletins' Index" src="https://img1.daumcdn.net/relay/cafe/original/?fname=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.425dxn.org%2F425%2Fbull.gif" width=32 align=bottom border=no></A></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <CENTER> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><EM><STRONG>Information, reports and suggestions must be sent to: </STRONG></EM><BR><STRONG>Mauro Pregliasco, <A href="mailto:i1jqj@425dxn.org"><U><FONT color=#0000ff>I1JQJ</FONT></U></A>: DX information </STRONG><BR><FONT color=#008000>(e-mail i1jqj@425dxn.org )</FONT><BR>Contributors are invited to send their DX information to  </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ <A href="mailto:(i1jqj@425dxn.org"><U><FONT color=#0000ff>(i1jqj@425dxn.org</FONT></U></A>) </P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays<BR></P> <P></P> <HR> </CENTER><PRE style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"> </PRE><PRE> =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** DX INFORMATION **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW </PRE><PRE>BY - Celebrating the launch of the Amateur Radio satellite XW-1, special event station BT3WX will be active from Taiyuan, Shanxi Province until 20 December. Look for activity on 160-10 metres and on VHF/UHF amateur satellite bands, including FM, SSB, CW, RTTY and PACSAT modes. QSL via BA1DU. [TNX BA1DU] CO - Ed, CO7PH plans to operate SSB and CW as CO7PH/p from Cayo Coco (NA-086) on 17-31 December and from Cayo Anclitas (NA-201) on 2-5 January. [TNX CO7PH] D2 - Paulo, CT1ITZ (D2CQ, ex D2PJB) was expected to QRT in late November [425DXN 967], but is now reported to remain in Angola until 27 December. He operates SSB ony. QSL via CT1IUA. [TNX F5NQL] DL - DF9TM, DL2SWW and DL2VFR will operate CW and SSB as DF0WFF from Biosphere Reserve Schaalsee on 4-6 December. QSL via bureau. Information on the DL Flora & Fauna Award can be found at http://www.wff-dl.de/ [TNX DL2VFR] FM - Fernando, EA1BT will be active on the HF bands as TO1BT from Martinique (NA-107) on 8-15 December. QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL] HA - Radio Club Puspokladany (HA0KHW) will be active as HG0WFF/p from three different Hungarian National Parks between 5 and 10 December. QSL via HA0HW, bureau preferred. [TNX HA0HW] HR - Victor, N8OO and Andrei, NP3D will be active as HR2/N8OO, HR2/NP3D and HQ2S from Honduras on 10-20 December. They will operate CW, RTTY and SSB on all bands. Victor will participate in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest, and Andrei will take part in the OK DX RTTY Contest. QSL HR2/N8OO via home call (or via UA9TF for ex CIS countries) QSL HR2/NP3D and HQ2S via W3HNK (or via RW6HS for ex CIS countries) and LoTW. [TNX NG3K] I - IQ3GA/3 - not II3SB as previously announced [425DXN 969] - will be active from Burano Island (IOTA EU-131, IIA VE-010) for the 5th International ARMI Contest to be held on 5-6 December (details at http://www.assoradiomarinai.tk). QSL via IW3IE. [TNX IT9MRM] ON_ant - Karel, ON5TN has been active as OR4TN from the Belgian Antarctic base "Princess Elisabeth", Antarctica since 1 December. He will remain there until the end of January 2010, with activity on the amateur radio bands during his spare time. Look for him between 21 and 23 UTC around 7007 (CW) and 7077 (SSB). Updates will be posted on qrz.com under OR4TN. QSL via ON5TN. T6 - Jack, W4JJ is now active as T6LC from Gardez (Paktia Province), Afghanistan. He expects to operate mainly on 40 and 20 metres CW and SSB, 1430-1800 UTC as time permits. QSL via K4MJN. [TNX NG3K] VK9 - David A. Burton, VK9WBM will be working at the weather station on Willis Island (OC-007) for the next six months. He plans to operate on the HF bands and 6 metres in his spare time. QSL via VK4DMC. [TNX www.southgatearc.org] XE - The 10-14 December XF3RR IOTA expedition to Isla El Cerrito (NA-153) [425DXN 967] has been cancelled. The Radio Club Cancun plans to organize another operation from a different island in the same IOTA group in a few months' time. XU - Peter, XU7ACY and Wim, XU7TZG will be active as XU7KOH from Koh Russei (AS-133) on 11-14 December. They will operate CW (Peter) and SSB and PSK31 (Wim) on 80-10 metres. QSL via ON7PP, direct only. [TNX NG3K] =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** **** GOOD TO KNOW ... **** =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 2010 IDXC ---> The 61st Annual International DX Convention, sponsored by the Southern California DX Club, will be held at The Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Center Visalia on 16-18 April 2010. Preregistration began on 1 December. Complete details can be found at http://www.dxconvention.org/. For questions regarding registration or DX stations who need lodging assistance, please email Cathy Gardenias, K6VC at the address located on the website under registration. [TNX N6RV] A35A ---> "Paul, A35A's move to Vava'u (OC-064) has been postponed indefinitely, and perhaps cancelled altogether", The Daily DX reports [425DXN 946]. "He remains QRV from Lifuka Island, Ha'apai (OC-169) until further notice". CQ DX MARATHON ---> Each year, from 1 January to 31 December, CQ Magazine sponsors a challenge to work as many countries and zones as possible in the calendar year. The 2009 edition of the CQ Magazine DX Marathon ends soon, but there is still time to fill in some missing countries and zones. For complete rules and submission information, please visit www.dxmarathon.com [TNX K9EL] CQ WW CLAIMED SCORES ---> Valery, RW3GU maintains an Unofficial Claimed Scores web page (http://pileup.ru/) for the 2009 CQ WW DX Contest (SSB and CW). Scores are based on 3830 reflector posts and claimed results from CQWW logs received page. K5D ---> The long anticipated K5D (Desecheo 2009) DVD is now available for sale. It was written, produced and narrated by Bob Allphin, K4UEE and edited by Ed Boutwell, W4ZSB. This is their seventh DXpedition DVD. To purchase a copy, go to www.kp5.us and click on the link on the first page. [TNX K4UEE] RDA TRIP ---> Denis, RA4FJV says that his Russian District Award 2009 trip is over after some 7000 QSOs made as UE4FDA and RA4FJV/m from 28 different districts. On-line logs can be found at http://www.ra4fjv.org/logs/search.html; QSL dia RA4FJV, direct (Denis Ogurok, Chernyshevskogo 1-1, 442153, Nizhny Lomov, Russia) or bureau. TOP LISTS ---> The latest Topband, Topmode and Toplist listings are now available at http://www.425dxn.org/awards/toplist/index.html. Please note that QSOs confirmed through LoTW or included in on-line logs are eligible for listing. Send send your scores, as well as any request for further information, to Erminio Pandocchi, I2EOW (i2eow@fastwebnet.it) TX3A ---> The Online QSL Request System for TX3A is now up and running at http://tx3a.com/qsl.html (it can be used for either direct and bureau cards). + SILENT KEYS + Andrej V. Golopurov, RU1AO is one of the victims of the Nevsky Express train disaster on 27 November. He was returning from Moscow to Saint Petersburg for the CQ WW CW. Other recently reported Silent Keys include Ben Clarkson (G7WHO), Paul Knight (KE5OVA), CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Famer Jerry Sevick (W2FMI), Antonio Scolamiero (YV4DDK) and New Zealand's Top DXer Roy Jackson (ZL4BO). =========================== *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** ******* QSL ROUTES ******* =========================== Edited by I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile I2VGW =================================================================== CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER CALL MANAGER =================================================================== 3G1X XQ1IDM EV1Z EU1UN PA6Z PA9M 3G3V VE7SV EV2A EW2AA PB500GT PA1WLB 3V3S DL9USA EV8D EW8CY PD450OBL PD0LDC 3W1M OM3JW EX2X EA5KB PI4COM PA3CAL 3Z40KP SP5KP FM5CD F5VU PJ2T N9AG 4D1N DV1UBY FR1AN NI5DX PJ4A K4BAI 4L0A EA7FTR FY5KE FY1FL PS2T K3IRV 4L2M EA7FTR G5O G3VOU PT5A AI4U 4L6AA K6VNX GB2MWT M0XIG PT5UN K3IRV 4L8A K1BV GM0F M0CMK PW2B PY2HL 4M5IR YV5KG GM7R N3SL PZ5X K5UN 4W6AAD VK3ZGW GM7V M0CMK RA6AX W3HNK 4X0G W3GG GW6W GW0ETF RA9A UA9APA 4Z5J W0MM GW7X GW3SQX RC3W RW3WWW 5B4AHS RA3AUU H2E 5B4AGE RG3K UA3QDX 5B4AIA UA6MF H7A TI4SU RG6G RW6HX 5B4AIV LZ3CQ HC2A EA5KB RK3SWS RA3SI 5B8AD W3HNK HC2SL EA5KB RK9CWA UA9CGA 5H3EE DL4ME HC8GR W5UE RL4R RW4PL 5N7M OM3CGN HE8HLM EA7FTR RM3F UA3DPX 5N7MGI OM3CGN HF35PEA SP1NQF RN9S RN9SXX 5R8FU SM5DJZ HG3R HA3NU RO4W RD4WA 5R8ZO OH0XX HG400HV HA0HV RP68MB RZ3FR 6W1RW F6BEE HG6N HA6KNB RT3F RK3DZB 6Y1V OH3RB HG7T HA7TM RU0LL IK2DUW 6Y3Z EA3ALZ HH2/VE2TKH M0URX RW0A RA0ALM 6Y7AM OZ7AM HI3A ON4IQ RW0CWA RW0CF 6Y7J UU4JMG HI3TEJ ON4IQ RW2F DK4VW 6Y9LM RV9LM HK1AA EA5KB SE0X SM0MDG 7X5WQB DJ8QP HK1FGE EA5KB SI0M SM0MXO 7Z1SJ EA7FTR HK1KYR EA5KB SI9AM SM3CVM 8P0P 8P9NX HK1X EA7FTR SJ2W SM2WMV 8P5A NN1N HK3TU EA5KB SK3W SM5DJZ 8P9JG NN1N HQ9R K5WW SL0W SM0AJU 8P9SS ND3F HS0AC HS0ZFZ SM6M SM6MCW 9A1O 9A1BOP HS0ZFA DJ4ER SN2K SP2YWL 9A4C 9A7W HZ1PS IZ8CLM SN3A SP3GEM 9A5Y 9A7W IG9U I1NVU SN3R SP6HEQ 9G5XA G3SWH IG9W IZ1GAR SN3X SP3SLA 9H3HH DJ9RR IG9X IK1QBT SN6Z SP6RZ 9J3A S57S II5GAL IZ5DMC SN7Q SP7GIQ 9L1NH G3RWF IO3N IV3RLB SO8A SP8YB 9L5A G3SXW IO3X IV3JCC SO9S SP9PRO 9L7NS AA7A IO4T IZ4JMA SP80WAC SP3PSM 9M2CNC G4ZFE IO5O IK5RLP ST2AR S53R 9M6LSC KM0O IR1Y IK1YDB SX1L DL1JCZ 9M8YY JR3WXA IR2C IW2HAJ T48K DK1WI 9V1YC W5UE IR3W I3FIY T88CI HA5AO A25NW K9NW IR4M IK4WMH TC4X OH2BH A31IW PA3LEO IR4X I4EAT TE1W TI5KD A31JC PA3LEO IR9Y IT9ABY TF3CW LX1NO A31LEO PA3LEO IS0/K7QB IN3QBR TF4X G3SWH A31MR PA3LEO IU1A IK1SPR TI5A TI5KD A31SN PA3LEO IU9T IT9GSF TI5N W3HNK A31WL PA3LEO IY3XX IV3ZXQ TK5A IZ8GCB A35A W7TSQ IY4FGM IK4UPU TM0R F5GGL A35KL W6ZL IY8GMN IK8LTB TM2S F5PED A62END IZ8CLM J28KO F6DKI TM4Q F6FYA A62ER IZ8CLM J28OO K2PF TM4TLT F8KOI A65BI SM5DJZ J38XJ VE3RSA TO4D F6AUS A65CA RV6AJJ J43J DJ5JH TO5T JE1JKL A65DLH DO7ZZ J46J SV1BJW TX1B LZ1JZ A71BU NI5DX J79WE DL8WEM UA3R RN3RQ A73A EA7FTR JT1T JT1KAA UE3RGR RA3RBL AH0/AH2Y HL1IWD JW1CCA LA1CCA UE4LWM UA4LCH AH2R JH7QXJ K2V K9WZB UN3M EA7FTR AL1G AC7DX KH0/WX8C HL1IWD UN9L LZ1YE AL7R K9IT KH0K JE4SMQ UP0L DL8KAC AN4A EA4CWN KH6LC AI4U UP2L UA9AB AN8R EA8AY KH6MB AI4U UP4L UN7LZ AO3T EA3AKY KH6ND K2PF UT3L UR5LO AY5F LU5FC KH6NF KL7AF UT7L UR4LRQ B1Z EA7FTR KH6ZN AI4U UU7J UU0JM B4B BA4EG KH7B KH7B UV5U UX1UA B5TT BA5TT KH7U AH6NF UW0K US0KW B7M BG7LHY KP2M AI4U UW3U UT7UJ B7P BD7IXG KP4JRS EA7FTR UW3U UT7UJ BA1RB EA7FTR L33M LU1MA UW4E UT7EY BA4RF EA7FTR L73D EA5KB UW5U UY2UA BY1CW BG1WYL LN3Z LA9VDA UZ0U UY5ZZ C31CT EA3QS LP1H EA5KB UZ2M US0LW C4I LZ2HM LQ0F EA5KB V26K AA3B C4M W3HNK LT1F AC7DX V31CW KU1CW C4W 5B4WN LT5X WD9EWK V31PT K8PT C4Z G3SWH LU8YE EA7FTR V31WV EA7HEJ C6AKQ N4BP LX30AK LX1CC V47NT W2RQ CE3G CE3WDH LX5T LX1KC V5/DJ4SO DJ4SO CE4CT EA5KB LX7I LX2A VC3O VE3AT CN2R W7EJ LY6A LY2BM VE3PARK VE3NOO CN3A I2WIJ LY7A LY2ZO VK6AA DL8YR CN8IG EA7FTR LY7M LY2BW VK8NSB VK6NE CN8NK EA5XX LY7Z LY2TA VK9XW DL1RTL CN8WK IK2QEI LZ1195IR LZ1KZA VK9XX DL1RTL CN8WL I0YKN LZ7J LZ1JZ VP2E N5AU CO2JD AD4Z LZ8E LZ2BE VP5CM K5CM CO6CAC EA5KB LZ9W LZ1PM VP9I N1HRA CO7EH AD4C M2X M3ZYZ VQ5V W5CW CO8CML CT1BWW M7A M0NRC VQ99JC ND9M CO8LY EA7ADH MD4K G3NKC VR2009EAG VR2XMT CR2X OH2BH MD6V G3NKC VR2C WA4WTG CR3E W3HNK MJ0AWR K2WR WH6R AI4U CR3L DJ6QT MZ5B G3TXF WP3C W3HNK CR5X DJ9MH NP4Z WC4E WP3R W3HNK CR6A CT1GFK OA4SS KB6J XE2GG N6AN CR6K CT1ILT OE2S OE2GEN XE2S WD9EWK CR6T CT1ESV OE3K OE1DIA XU7ACQ KF0RQ CT3AS DJ8FW OE8Q OE8SKQ XU7ACY W2EN CT3NT W3HNK OE9R OE9XRV XU7ADT KF0RQ CT7/LZ3ND LZ1NK OG1M OH1VR XU7KOH ON7PP CW5W CX6VM OG5B OH5BM XU7TZG ON7PP CW7T K5WW OH0V OH6LI XU7UFT F6AXX CX1AA W3HNK OH0X OH2TA XV1X OK1DOT CX4NF EA5KB OH0Z W0MM XV2MDY OH4MDY DL0AO DC8RE OH2U OH2IW YL/4L3A LY4A DL1A DJ6ZM OH4A OH6LI YM3A LZ1NK DR1A DL6FBL OH5Z OH5LIZ YN2GY K9GY DR5N DK5TT OH7M OH6DX YQ9W YO9WF E51FDE WB7FDE OH8X OH2UA YR1C YO4NA E73W E73Y OH9SCL OH9UV YR5N YO5PBF E7DX E77E OK7U OK1HDU YR8B YO8KGA EA6IB EA5BM OL0W OK1DSZ YR9F YO9FNP EA8CMX OH2BYS OL1A OK1DF YS4U N0AT EA9/OK1FCJ OK1DRQ OL3R OK1VWK YT2W YU1ABH EA9/OL8R OK1DRQ OL3Z OK1HMP YT6T YU7CM EA9EU EA5KB OL4A OK1DSX YV1FM IT9DAA ED2R EA2RCA OL5M OK1GI YW4D EA7JX ED4R/8 EA4SV OL5Q OK1HRA Z35X DJ0LZ ED4RCP EA4EGA OL8M OK1DRQ ZB2X OH2KI EE2W EB2BXL OL9R OK1WMV ZC4TS NI5DX EE5I EA5KB OM7M OM3PA ZD8RH G4DBW EF1A EA1XT OM8A OM2VL ZF2AM K6AM EF7A EC7ABV ON100PES ON4TRC ZM1A ZL1AMO EF8M UA3DX OR2A ON7YX ZM4A ZL4AA EG7OFM EA7TV OT5P ON7RN ZM4M ZL4PW EH1FGM EB1DBK OV3X OZ8AE ZM4T ZL2AL EH4FGM EB4DSP OY1OF M0URX ZP0R ZP5AZL EI0W EI2JD OY6A OY2J ZP6VLA EA5KB EI185RNLI EI5DD P33W RA3AUU ZS10WCS ZS4BS EI6DX RX3RC P3J 5B4AHJ ZS2DL NI5DX EK3SA DJ1CW P40A WD9DZV ZS4U K3IRV EK6TA DJ0MCZ P40W N2MM ZS6CCY K3IRV EL8RI ZS6RI P40YL AI6YL ZW1EJB PY1JR EP3PK IK2DUW P49V AI6V ZW5UN K3IRV ER4DX RA4LW P49Y AE6Y ZY7C PT7WA 3DA0TM Andy Cory, P.O. Box 1033, Mbabane, Swaziland 4U1AIDS Andrey Fedorov, UNAIDS, 20 Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland 4U1ITU International Amateur Radio Club, P.O. Box 6, CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland DL1RTL Heiko Mann, Gaggenauer-Str. 81, 14974 Ludwigsfelde, Germany EA7HEJ Wil Lameree, Apartado Postal 107, 21830 Bonares, Huelva, Spain EX8AB Narynbek Djunushev, P.O. Box 1855, Bishkek, 720000, Kyrgyzstan HK3O Mario Henao, COD 8682, P.O. Box 02-5242, Miami, FL 33102-5242, USA JU1DX JTDXA Contest Team, Central Post Office Box 2373, Ulaanbaatar-13, 15160, Mongolia JY6HQ The Royal Jordanian Radio Amateurs Society, P.O. Box 2353, Amman 11181, Jordan KH6ZN Pu'u O'o Radio Club, P.O. Box 878, Volcano, HI 96785, USA KH7B Mauna Kea Contest Club, P.O. Box 490, Laupahoehoe, HI 96764, USA OK1DOT Petr Gustab, P.O. Box 52, Cesky Brod 282 01, Czech Republic S53R Robert Kasca, P.O. Box 23, Idrija, SI-5280, Slovenia S57S Aleksander Zagar, Golisce 132, SI-1281 Slovenia TL0A Christian Saint-Arroman, Chemin de Mousteguy, F-64990 Urcuit, France UK9AA Fedor Petrov, P.O. Box 58, Tashkent, 100000, Uzbekistan XU7ABN Claude Laget, P.O. Box 1373 GPO, Phnom Penh 99999, Cambodia YE1C West Java DX Association, P.O. Box 1042, Bandung 40010, Indonesia ZC4LI Steve Hodgson, 4 Nikolau Michael Street, 5523 Dasaki Achnas, Cyprus ZC4T ESBA Radio Club, c/o Andy Chadwick, P.O. Box 36575, 5526 Dasaki Achnas, Cyprus</PRE><PRE> </PRE><PRE> </PRE><PRE></PRE><PRE></PRE><PRE></PRE><PRE></PRE><PRE></PRE><PRE></PRE><PRE></PRE><PRE></PRE><PRE></PRE><PRE></PRE><PRE></PRE><PRE></PRE><PRE></PRE><PRE></PRE><PRE></PRE><PRE>***************************************************************************** 425 DX NEWS HOME PAGE: http://www.425dxn.org 425 DX NEWS ARCHIVES: http://list.425dxn.org 425 DX NEWS DX CLUSTER: telnet://dx.ik1znw.org:8000 ***************************************************************************** 425 DX News is a free of charge weekly bulletin edited by Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ and Valeria Pregliasco, IK1ADH Its contents may be used, reproduced and distributed in part or full provided that "425 DX News" or "425DXN" receive proper credit Contributors are invited to send their DX information to Mauro Pregliasco, I1JQJ (i1jqj@425dxn.org) The deadline is 12 UTC on Fridays ***************************************************************************** MAILING LIST Please visit the "Mailing List" page at http://www.425dxn.org and follow the step by step subscribe/unsubscribe instructions or contact the Mailing List Administrator Stefano Turci, IK4WMH (ik4wmh@425dxn.org) ***************************************************************************** Direttore Responsabile Gabriele Villa, I2VGW Giornalista Professionista - Tessera n. 057216 Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti Roma, Italia ***************************************************************************** <FONT color=#808080 size=1><STRONG>©425DXN by I1JQJ since 1991<BR> </PRE></STRONG></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P>